Improvement in shade-holders



O. N. PERKINS.

SHADE-HOLDER.

No..183,965. Patented Oct. 31.1876.

Ursa?! 7 .961'51'22 8 UNITED STATES PATENT .OFEIGE.

ORSON N. PERKINS, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARDMILLER & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHADE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,965, dated October31, 1876; application filed August 14, 1876.

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent asectional side view of a burner and shade illustrating the improvement.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of shade-ringswhich are attached to the chimney-holder hinged to the burner, so thatboth chimney and shade may be turned away from over the wick for thepurpose of trimming or lighting, the object being to secure the shade tothe ring, in order to prevent its falling from the ring when turned awayfrom the burner. It consists in combining with the ring of a combinedhinged chimney and shade holder an internal hook, which will bear uponan internal shoulder of the shade above the seat on the ring, so as tohold the shade down into its seat, as more fully hereinafter described.

The burner represented is that known to the trade as the Sun hinge. Itsconstruction is too well known to require description. The constructionof the burner, however, has nothing to do with this invention.

a is the hinge, by which the cone A and the chimney-rest are connectedto the burner, the chimney B secured to the chimney-rest in the usualmanner. C is the shade-ring connected to a ring, D, which is set overand fits closely to the chimney-rest. From the ring D several supports,E, extend to the shade-ring. This shade-ring is constructed with aninternal shoulder, 1), onto which the shade F sets. The shade isconstructed with an enlargement, H, just above the ring, and from theinside of the ring, a hook-shaped piece, d, extends upward and outwardover the shoulder formed by the enlargement H of the shade, as shown.This piece d may be made with a considerable degree of elasticity, butmust be substantially rigid in order to hold the weight of the shadewhen it is turned from the burner, and its position is opposite thehinge a. The shade is placed in position by first introducing the edgeinto the ring 0 beneath the hook d, and then turning the shade downuntil it rests upon the ring throughout. In this condition, when theshade and chimney rest are turned up, as for the purpose of trimming orlighting, as indicated in broken lines, the hook d holds the shade uponthe ring and prevents the possibility of its accidental removal.

Any shoulder or projection upon the shade, upon which the hook d maybear, will answer the same purpose as the enlargement shown.

I claim--- In a combined hinged lamp-shade and chimney holder, theinternal hook 01 arranged relatively to the hinge, substantially asdescribed.

0. N. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

E. G. BIRDSEY, F. S. FOSTER.

